Sustainable Ferriby

Category: NetZero

  • Building Climate-Resilient Village Communities

    Building Climate-Resilient Village Communities

    “The goal is not to create climate-proof villages. That is impossible. The goal is to create communities that can anticipate, withstand, adapt to and recover from climate-related challenges while continuing to thrive.” Climate change is no longer a future problem. Across East Yorkshire we are already experiencing more frequent extreme weather, heavier rainfall, hotter summers…

  • Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Nuclear: Which Really Requires More Mining?

    Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Nuclear: Which Really Requires More Mining?

    Building out renewable infrastructure obviously requires mining and has carbon emissions. It’s the scale of that compared with fossil fuels that matters. The difference is shocking.

  • Why are our energy prices still so high?

    Why are our energy prices still so high?

    An explanation of why UK electricity prices are high for social media naysayers who keep asking without ever bothering to do an internet search or reading the comments. Some questions get asked so often you start to suspect people don’t actually want the answer, having been given their opinion by a FUDwit, Oilbot or unethical…

  • Nuclear Power Vs. Renewables

    Nuclear Power Vs. Renewables

    While there are many folk (often with dubious motivation) who claim that Renewable Energy Sources can never supply all a nations electricity needs, there is also a rather more sensible discussion on the role of nuclear power in the operation of our grids. The thinking is that nuclear provides a robust, ‘firm’ (i.e. predictable and…

  • Two Million UK Homes  Now on Solar Power

    Two Million UK Homes  Now on Solar Power

    The UK’s solar sector has entered a new phase of rapid expansion, with March 2026 marking the strongest month for new installations in more than a decade. Government data shows that 27,607 solar systems were added nationwide during the month, pushing the country beyond the milestone of two million total installations and lifting national household…

  • From pilot to fleet – scaling Cornwall’s deep geothermal and the value of firm power

    From pilot to fleet – scaling Cornwall’s deep geothermal and the value of firm power

    The United Downs deep power project recently broke UK records. We explore what it is and why it is significant.

  • Is even Green Hydrogen really green

    Is even Green Hydrogen really green

    Hydrogen has a reputation for being the cleanest fuel we can make. It burns without CO₂ and looks, on the surface, like an obvious part of a low‑carbon future. But there’s a problem the industry tends to gloss over:, one that scientists at MIT, Stanford and Oxford are losing sleep over: Hydrogen leaks. It leaks…

  • Sustainable Ferriby 2026 — Back to School!

    Sustainable Ferriby 2026 — Back to School!

    This year’s Sustainable energy and home improvement event is scheduled for 2nd May 2026 at North Ferriby Primary School. Details and sign up here.

  • Modern Wind Turbines; a carbon story

    Modern Wind Turbines; a carbon story

    Wind turbines play a pivotal role in clean energy transition. However there are those that suggest they create more carbon and consume more energy than they release. The numbers tell a different story